James Russell

Bio

So, I was pretty deprived when it came to video games. The most that I played growing up was on the Super Nintendo, and was only with a very select few games. Namely Mario Paint, Frogger, We're Back: A Dinosaur Story, and The Lion King.

This was until I got my first Game Boy Color and played Pokemon Blue Version. That game became my first favorite game which I played multiple times and can still get very nostalgic about. And then we came into possession of an N64 and I was introduced to my first Legend of Zelda game, The Ocarina of TIme. I fell in love with the franchise and since "Ocarina", I got my hands on A Link to the Past, both "Oracle" games, Wind Waker, and so on. To this day it remains top on my list of favorite franchises.

I believe the following console system that me and younger bros received after the N64 was a Gamecube. I'm pretty sure our library for that system still has the most games. We have such games like Star Wars Rogue Squadron III, Jedi Knight II, I-Ninja, Metroid Prime, Super Smash Bros. Melee, F-Zero GX, Super Mario Sunshine, and numerous others. After the Gamecube came PS2 along with Guitar Hero 1 and 2, Shadow of the Colossus, Okami, God of War, among others including one of my other favorites, Kingdom Hearts I and II.

From the Gamecube onward I'd say we really started to get into gaming, snagging an XBOX, the XBOX 360, and the Wii, but have yet to acquire a PS3. But while my two younger bros don't really care for getting a PS3, it is something I plan to get in the very near future (being as it's nearing Holiday 2012 by the time I've written this bio) so that I can play Uncharted, Infamous, Heavy Rain, Journey, and others. I know I'll never exactly be a gaming fanatic such as Two Best Friends Matt and Pat, but I do want to "redeem" myself in the gaming world by finding all the great classic games I never grew up with or otherwise never played around the time they were released, and experience them. Chrono Trigger, Metroid, Super Metroid, Resident Evil 1 and 2, Silent Hill, and many others. It shall be my own side-quest in life.